Email management - saving emails and attaching emails (apple mail)

Hello

I'm looking for an easy way to manage my emails. I need to save emails to a folder and attach emails to other emails.

The simplest way would be to 'drag and drop' but I am finding this very unreliable and I experience a variety of problems eg -

  • 'drag and drop' from mail to Finder => no content in file
  • 'drag and drop' from mail to new mail message => no content in attachment after sending
  • 'file save as' from mail to Finder => content in file in folder but no content in the same file after attaching it to an email and sending
  • etc

Another problem is that the behaviour is inconsistent and the error is not always repeatable.

I also want to move the file from Apple Mail to Finder not copy if possible.

Surely there is an easy way to manage email records?

Thanks



iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 13, 2019 9:21 PM

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Jun 15, 2019 7:08 AM in response to janiefromoz

You aren't missing anything. Mail is designed to store emails in the Mail program. It is a workaround, but you could move all the emails you want in Finder to one mailbox. Then Mail/Mailbox/Export Mailbox. Then delete the emails from the Mail program if desired. Another option is to select an email, then Mail/File/Save As and save it to Finder. Then delete the email from the Mail program if desired.

Jun 14, 2019 10:48 PM in response to Lexiepex

If I right click on my email (unopened in Apple Mail), I have the options 'move to', 'copy to' or 'archive'. These same options are available if I open the email, and select 'message' from the menu bar. When I pick the copy or move option, I am shown a list of mail folders ie - inbox, drafts, sent, etc. I do not see my file structure on the Mac. Am I missing something?

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